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Rollen Henry Anthis
Major General Rollen Henry Anthis (December 4, 1915 – August 19, 1995) was an officer in the United States Air Force (USAF) who served as commanding general of the Seventeenth Air Force, Air Force Logistics Command, Headquarters Command and the 2d Air Division. He retired from the USAF in 1973. Early life Anthis was born in Navina, Oklahoma, on 4 December 1915. He graduated from El Reno High School in 1933, attended Oklahoma Military Academy and studied law at the University of Oklahoma. Military career In 1938 he became a flying cadet at Randolph Field, Texas. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1939 and received his pilot wings at Kelly Field, Texas. he was assigned first to the 3rd Attack Group at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. In 1940, he became a test pilot for the Douglas A-20 Havoc attack bomber at Patterson Field, Ohio and later at Langley Field, Virginia. He became engineering officer for the 80th Bombardment Squadron at Manchester Air B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logan County, Oklahoma
Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,848. Its county seat is Guthrie. Logan County is part of the Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area. Guthrie served as the capital of Oklahoma Territory from 1890 until 1907 and of the state of Oklahoma from 1907 until 1910. History Following the Oklahoma Organic Act of 1890, which established the Oklahoma Territory, Logan County was designated as County One, of the six counties created out of Unassigned Lands. The town of Guthrie was designated as the county seat and the capital of Oklahoma Territory. The county was named on August 5, 1890, for U. S. Senator, John A. Logan, of Illinois.Linda D. Wilson, "Logan County," ''Encyclopedia of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947. It is the second youngest branch of the United States Armed Forces and the fourth in order of precedence. The United States Air Force articulates its core missions as air supremacy, global integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control. The United States Air Force is a military service branch organized within the Department of the Air Force, one of the three military departments of the Department of Defense. The Air Force through the Department of the Air Force is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
